Thanks for your valuable help! I could solve the problem using the LocaleAction as you suggested.
Enrico ----- Original Message ----- From: Konstantin Piroumian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Enrico Ballarin Dolfin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:16 AM Subject: Re: i18n problem setting the locale > From: "Enrico Ballarin Dolfin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Thanks Konstantin > > > > I have already added the 'locale' attribute with the selected language to > > all the links and it works. > > > > My problem is that if you access the startpage without the 'locale' > > parameter in the URL e.g. > > "http://localhost:8080/startpage"; the 'locale' attribute will not be > > initialized, except if you choose explicitly an other language in the > > startpage. > > AFAIR, the locale selection algorythm in LocaleAction is the following: > - check for 'locale' in request parameters > - then in request attributes > - then in session (if turned on) > - then in cookies (...) > - then it calls getLocale() or something like that from request, which > will give you the Accept-Language header value which is set by the user in > his browser. > > If none of this is found then English is used. > Probably, you could add a 'default' parameter to LocaleAction to initialize > locale value with something different. > > -- Konstantin > > > > > I'm trying now also with sessions (sunShine in cocoon 2.0.4), but I cannot > > find a way to get the default language of the computer accessing the page. > > > > Enrico > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Konstantin Piroumian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Enrico Ballarin Dolfin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:57 AM > > Subject: Re: i18n problem setting the locale > > > > > > > I see two ways of preserving the selected locale (if you don't want to > use > > > sessions): > > > > > > 1. Add 'locale' attribute with the selected language to each link on the > > > page. You can pass this paramter to a transformer that will do the job. > > > > > > 2. Use cookies on the client side to store the locale. This can be > turned > > on > > > by using LocaleAction and adding <store-in-cookie>true</store-in-cookie> > > > parameter. > > > > > > You can see an example of how to use LocaleAction in i18n samples. > > > > > > -- Konstantin > > > > > > From: "Enrico Ballarin Dolfin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > we would like to internationalize our site and to do this we are > > > > experimenting on a small prototype. > > > > > > > > We have a startpage where we can select other laguages and a picture > > with > > > a > > > > link to a second page. > > > > > > > > Basically we would like to select the wished language or accept the > > > default > > > > language on the startpage and then continue to the second page using > the > > > > same language. The language selection will be done only on the > > startpage. > > > > To achive this behaviour we are appending to the existing links a > > > parameter > > > > e.g. "http://localhost:8080/startpage?locale=fr"; for the french > > language, > > > if > > > > we have selected it on the startpage. > > > > > > > > The first time that you arrive to the startpage there is no such > > > parameter: > > > > "http://localhost:8080/startpage"; so that cocoon displays the > startpage > > in > > > > the computer default language e.g. "de" if a translation dictionary > for > > it > > > > exists, otherwise in english. > > > > > > > > If we change language on the startpage we get the same startpage > written > > > in > > > > this language with a link like > > "http://localhost:8080/startpage?locale=fr"; > > > > and this will be processed from the same resource in the sitemap: > > > > > > > > <map:match pattern="startpage"> > > > > <map:generate src="test/resources/start.xml"/> > > > > <map:transform type="i18n"/> > > > > <map:transform src="test/styles/start.xsl"> > > > > <map:parameter name="use-request-parameter" value="true"/> > > > > </map:transform> > > > > <map:serialize/> > > > > </map:match> > > > > > > > > Later we can also go to the second page keeping the selected language. > > > > > > > > The problem is that if we accept in the startpage the default > language, > > we > > > > have a link to the second page without the locale parameter set e.g. > > > > "http://localhost:8080/startpage?locale="; . > > > > > > > > If we define in the start.xsl this parameter with default value > english, > > > > like this > > > > > > > > <xsl:param name="locale">en</xsl:param> > > > > > > > > we continue to the second page in english independently of which was > the > > > > default language of the startpage. > > > > > > > > What we need is to display the startpage in the default language, > > > optionally > > > > change the language redisplaying the start page in this language, and > > > > continue to the second page keeping the same language. > > > > > > > > I think we need to get the system default language and set the > "locale" > > > > variable to it as default, except if we call explicitly the page with > > the > > > > "locale" parameter set to a specific language e.g. > > > > "http://localhost:8080/startpage?locale=fr"; . > > > > > > > > In our site we are using cocoon 2.0.4 and we not using sessions. > > > > > > > > Is there any way to achive this behaviour? > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot in advance > > > > Enrico > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
